# Cowden family murders

Unsolved · 1974

Richard Cowden (born October 9, 1946), his wife Belinda June Cowden (born May 24, 1952), and their children, David James Phillips (born June 30, 1969) and Melissa Dawn Cowden (born March 19, 1974), disappeared from their campground in the Siskiyou Mountains near Copper, Oregon, United States, on September 1, 1974. Seven months later, in April 1975, their bodies were discovered approximately 7 miles (11 km) from…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=56210626
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/cowden-family-murders-w56210626

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## Timeline

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## Open questions

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## Unverified findings

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=56210626


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